OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 31, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of Down and Connor, Ireland, presented by Auxiliary Bishop Michael Dallat, in accordance with canons 411 and 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

- Appointed Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of Tapachula, Mexico, as bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas (area 36,821, population 1,454,233, Catholics 974,336, priests 56, permanent deacons 311, religious 198), Mexico. He succeeds Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

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